The spine-chilling season premiere kept viewers guessing who Negan picked as his victims for almost half an hour. The episode started with a blood spattered Rick facing Negan and saying, "I'm going to kill you. Not today, not tomorrow but I'm going to kill you."
The confrontation between Negan and Rick commenced, but Negan outpowered Rick and knocked him onto the floor with a blow from his rifle. "I want you to think about what could have happened, about what happened and about what could still happen," Negan said.
He then drove Rick to an area filled with walkers, threw his axe outside and demanded he fetch it. Rick was forced to fight off walkers in low visibility before he climbed to the roof of the van to escape.
The events of that night then fill the screen, as we see Negan deciding who to kill first. Negan warns the group that if they make any movement Carl will be blinded in his other eye as he points to Abraham. "You can breathe, you can blink, you can cry."
He then proceeds to slam his bat down Abraham's head. Abraham sits back up. "Oh, look at that," Negan taunts him. "Taking it like a champ." "Suck my nuts," Abraham whispered before Negan knocked him to the floor, crushing his skull as the group watched on.
Daryl then tries to fight back, hitting Negan in the face with a punch before he was dragged away by Negan's men. He then punishes the group by suddenly slamming Glenn on the head with his bat. Glenn sits up while covered in blood and an eye bulging out of its socket. Glenn stutters to a sobbing Maggie as Negan warns the group again and finishes him off.
More gruesome meetings commence and Carl is put in danger as Rick is forced to make a decision: His son's arm, or the group's safety?
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